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• Gas Turbines

  First Saudi-made gas turbine goes into operation at new power plant

  The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has started operating a combined cycle power plant in Waad al-Shamal Mining City, located south of Turaif in the Northern Border Region. The ...

  On July 21, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  UAE’s DEWA begins testing turbines at 700MW M-Station expansion project

  Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has started testing of the turbines in the M-Station expansion project in Jebel Ali. M-Station is the newest and largest electricity generation ...

  On July 21, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• 

  Expanders

  Turboexpander with skid-mounted magnetic bearing controller

  L.A. Turbine (LAT) has introduced ARES Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) turboexpander-compressor designed for a 200MMSCFD gas processing plant. The ARES AMB Turboexpander features a skid-mounted AMB control system ...

  On July 18, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Combined Cycle

  EthosEnergy awarded subcontracts by Siemens Korea

  EthosEnergy has been awarded two multi-million dollar subcontracts by Siemens Korea (Siemens Ltd Seoul) for work at Taean and Dangjin power plants. The subcontracts are for a generator stator rewind and upgrade for units 3 and 4 at ...

  On July 18, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  First 7HA gas turbine in Korea achieves commercial operation

  GE announced today that commercial operation was recently achieved at GS Power’s Anyang Combined Heat and Power Plant Unit 2-1 in Anyang City, Gyeonggi Province of Korea, using ...

  On July 18, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Combined Cycle

  1,124 MW combined cycle starts up in Pennsylvania

  Bechtel has completed the Hummel Station Power Plant in Shamokin Dam, Pa., for Panda Power Funds. The 1,124-megawatt natural gas-fueled combined-cycle power facility will supply electricity to more than ...

  On July 18, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  Measuring lube oil humidity can help control water contamination

  In a turbine-driven blower, it was found that multiple failures showed traditional approaches were not fast enough to protect this machine from damage due to high water in the ...

  On July 9, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  Elliott Group appoints Mark Babyak vice president of cryodynamic products

  Elliott Group today announced the appointment of Mark Babyak as Vice President of its Cryodynamic Products business, formerly the Cryodynamics Division of Ebara International Corporation. Mark replaces John ...

  On July 9, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  John Sargent Named CEO of Epic International

  Epic International’s Board Chairman, Joe Winkler, is pleased to announce that John Sargent has been named Epic International’s new Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.  In this role, John ...

  On July 9, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Chechen thermal power plant to be equipped with Siemens gas turbines

  The first set of equipment is currently being installed at the construction site. Siemens supplies are carried out under the contract, which was signed in early 2018. The ...

  On July 9, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors